At the US-ASEAN AI Ministerial Roundtable – The Road to 50 Years of ASEAN-U.S. Relations, held on 20 May 2026 in Singapore, Minister Vu Hai Quan acknowledged that Vietnam identifies AI as a strategic know-how and an important driving pressure for nationwide science and know-how, innovation, and digital transformation.
The roundtable convention was a gathering between ASEAN Ministers in the subject of digital know-how and representatives from the US authorities and business to focus on the potential for cooperation between ASEAN and the US in the fields of know-how and synthetic intelligence (AI).
According to Minister Vu Hai Quan, Vietnam is selling the popularization of AI, growing information infrastructure, computing infrastructure, AI human assets, and purposes to serve residents, companies, and authorities companies.
From Vietnam’s perspective, Minister Vu Hai Quan proposed that ASEAN-US AI cooperation focus on three major directions.
First, growing AI human assets.
Vietnam prioritizes the improvement of high-quality human assets in the fields of AI, semiconductors, huge information, and high-performance computing; Strengthening linkages between the State, universities, and companies, whereas attracting worldwide specialists and Vietnamese scientists overseas to progressively grasp core AI applied sciences.
Secondly, making certain the sovereignty of AI infrastructure.
Vietnam is investing in the improvement of information facilities, cloud computing, high-performance computing infrastructure, telecommunications networks, and nationwide information infrastructure; whereas additionally focusing on cybersecurity, information safety, and selling dependable AI partnerships.
Thirdly, perfecting AI establishments and governance.
Vietnam is perfecting the authorized framework on information, AI ethics, cybersecurity, and innovation to be sure that AI develops safely, transparently, responsibly, and with a human-centered strategy; whereas selling innovation as an alternative of making limitations to innovation.
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Within the framework of the occasion, Minister Vu Hai Quan additionally exchanged views with representatives of a number of main US know-how corporations on AI cooperation and digital infrastructure improvement.
Google representatives extremely appreciated the improvement of the digital ecosystem in Vietnam and expressed their want to strengthen cooperation on AI. Amazon leaders acknowledged they’re contemplating increasing operations in Vietnam, together with plans to construct a regional tremendous information middle and develop Vietnam into a producing hub for buyer terminal tools serving international exports.
Promoting cooperation in innovation, AI, and telecommunications infrastructure
Also on May twentieth, Minister of Science and Technology Vu Hai Quan labored with Mr. Jacob Helberg, US Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.
The two sides exchanged views on the improvement route of strategic applied sciences corresponding to AI, semiconductors, cloud computing, and digital information infrastructure. Vietnam extremely appreciated the US efforts in selling innovation and making use of AI to serve socio-economic improvement, whereas emphasizing the view that AI improvement needs to be human-centered, making certain concord between innovation and necessities for security, safety, ethics, privateness, and social inclusiveness.
Minister Vu Hai Quan acknowledged that Vietnam is constructing a administration mechanism that balances the promotion of innovation with the necessities of state administration in accordance with sensible realities; making use of a risk-based strategy to AI administration, whereas persevering with to seek the advice of with companies, specialists, and worldwide companions to construct a clear authorized surroundings that facilitates the improvement of recent applied sciences.
The Minister additionally proposed strengthening cooperation to guarantee the security and safety of strategic telecommunications infrastructure corresponding to 5G/6G networks, information facilities, and worldwide undersea fiber optic cable methods; and increasing alternatives for Vietnamese companies to take part in US AI cooperation packages in analysis and improvement, digital service provision, and human useful resource coaching.
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